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ASHFORD , a See also:market-See also:town in the See also:Southern or Ashford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 56 m. S.E. of See also:London by the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 12,808. It is pleasantly situated on a See also:gentle See also:eminence near the confluence of the upper branches of the See also:river See also:Stour. It has a See also:fine Perpendicular See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church dedicated to St See also:Mary, with a lofty, well-proportioned See also:tower and many interesting monuments. The See also:grammar school was founded by See also:Sir See also:Norman Knatchbull in the reign of See also:Charles I. Ashford has agricultural See also:implement See also:works and breweries; and the large See also:locomotive and See also:carriage works of the South-Eastern & Chatham railway are here. At Bethersden, between Ashford and See also:Tenterden, See also:marble quarries were formerly worked extensively, supplying material to the cathedrals of See also:Canterbury and See also:Rochester, and to many See also:local churches. At Charing, See also:north-See also:west of Ashford, the archbishops of Canterbury had a See also:residence from pre-See also:Conquest times, and ruins of a See also:palace, mainly of the Decorated See also:period, remain. On the south-eastern outskirts of Ashford is the populous See also:village of Willesborough (3602).
Ashford (Esselesford, Asshatisforde, Essheford) was held at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Domesday survey by See also:Hugh de See also:Montfort, who came to England with See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror. A Saturday market and an See also:annual See also:fair were granted to the See also:lord of the See also:manor by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. in 1243.
Further annual fairs were granted by See also:Edward III. in 1349 and by Edward IV. in 1466. In 1672 Charles II. granted a market on every second Tuesday, with a See also:court of See also:pie-See also:powder. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. in 1607, at the See also:petition of the inhabitants of Ashford, gave Sir See also:John See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, Kt., the right of holding a court of See also:record in the town on every third Tuesday. The fertility of the pasture-See also:land in See also:Romney See also:Marsh to the south and See also:east of Ashford caused the See also:cattle See also:trade to increase in the latter See also:half of the 18th See also:century, and led to the See also:establishment of a stock market in 1784. The town has never been incorporated.
See Edward Hasted, See also:History and Survey of Kent (Canterbury, 1778-1799, and ed. 1797–1801); See also:Victoria See also:County History—Kent.
'ASHI (352–427), Jewish 'amora, the first editor of the See also:Talmud, was See also:born at See also:Babylon. He was See also:head of the Sura See also:Academy, and there began the Babylonian Talmud, spending See also:thirty years of his See also:life at it. He See also:left the See also:work incomplete, and it was finished by his See also:disciple Rabina just before the See also:year 500 A.D.
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